Skateistan trailer
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Film synopsis:
Fazilla dreams of representing her country at an international sporting event
when she grows up. The only catch is that she is a skateboarder and lives in
Afghanistan.
Skateistan: To Live and Skate Kabul is a beautiful, verité style 16mm film about
the lives of two young skateboarders from Afghanistan. Twelve-year-old Fazilla
deals daily with the hardships of selling chewing gum on the street and the
general discrimination Afghani girls face. However, when she is skateboarding,
she forgets all her problems. Murza, a 16-year-old boy who has known nothing
but a lifetime of war, cannot see the violent situation changing any time soon.
But through participation in the Skateistan project, he has been able to give up
working at a car wash and now has high hopes for both himself and his
country’s future.
The Skateistan project is Afghanistan’s – and the world’s – first co-educational
skateboarding school. The school engages growing numbers of urban
and internally-displaced youth through skateboarding, and provides them
with new opportunities in cross-cultural interaction, education and personal
empowerment. In a country with innumerable problems, Skateistan represents
an oasis where children can be children and where they can build the kinds of
cross-cultural/class relationships that Afghanistan needs for future stability.
Intimate and challenging in its portrayal of the children’s stories and stunningly
shot, Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul is an inspiring story from a country
that is mostly in the news for all the wrong reasons.
Watch Skateistan on Doc Heads Presents...
Starts Sunday 25th September, 9pm
Current TV
Sky 183, Virgin 155
http://current.com/docheads
Fazilla dreams of representing her country at an international sporting event
when she grows up. The only catch is that she is a skateboarder and lives in
Afghanistan.
Skateistan: To Live and Skate Kabul is a beautiful, verité style 16mm film about
the lives of two young skateboarders from Afghanistan. Twelve-year-old Fazilla
deals daily with the hardships of selling chewing gum on the street and the
general discrimination Afghani girls face. However, when she is skateboarding,
she forgets all her problems. Murza, a 16-year-old boy who has known nothing
but a lifetime of war, cannot see the violent situation changing any time soon.
But through participation in the Skateistan project, he has been able to give up
working at a car wash and now has high hopes for both himself and his
country’s future.
The Skateistan project is Afghanistan’s – and the world’s – first co-educational
skateboarding school. The school engages growing numbers of urban
and internally-displaced youth through skateboarding, and provides them
with new opportunities in cross-cultural interaction, education and personal
empowerment. In a country with innumerable problems, Skateistan represents
an oasis where children can be children and where they can build the kinds of
cross-cultural/class relationships that Afghanistan needs for future stability.
Intimate and challenging in its portrayal of the children’s stories and stunningly
shot, Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul is an inspiring story from a country
that is mostly in the news for all the wrong reasons.
Watch Skateistan on Doc Heads Presents...
Starts Sunday 25th September, 9pm
Current TV
Sky 183, Virgin 155
http://current.com/docheads
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